THE KYOTO PROTOCOL takes effect today, and Spain's evironment minister releases a study which is more voodoo science than anything else:

The Kyoto Protocol takes effect today. So environment minister Cristina Narbona presented an apocalyptic study yesterday according to which Spain will be one of the countries most affected by climate change. Narbona stated that by the end of the 21st century, average temperatures might rise as high as seven degrees C, and that sea levels would rise by a meter, destroying beaches and flooding built-up coastal areas.

The study, performed by the environmental ministry and Castile-La Mancha University, sets out two scenarios. In the first, the more pessimistic, emissions of greenhouse gases will be 120% higher than today in 2100. The second, more optimistic, foresees slower growth of such emissions, to double today's level. The study also states that Spain will suffer from more "natural catastrophes" and that "invading species" of animals and plants will proliferate, causing an increase in diseases transmitted to people by mosquitoes and ticks.

Oh, by the way, the news above comes from the Spain Herald, a new online newspaper in English from the same guys at Libertad Digital, the widely successful online newspaper in Spanish and one of the very few ones with a libertarian, centrist -and sometimes a bit too conservative for my taste- perspective. Spain is probably the Western country more dominated by a liberal/leftist MSM. so any outlet which is not anti-Western, not anti-American, not Bush-hater is certainly welcome. I recommend it.